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The Fool or The Sage · Vinnie Penn Poemcast

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There are two roads you travel with age. It's either the fool or it's
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the sage, sometimes both with a dash of rage. You lose, say
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in turning the page. When it comes to truth, there are precious few.
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And one is that at eighty two, you've worked as long as you've
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needed to, even though I know for many it's just not true. Sense
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of purposes, their alarm from the brick and mortar to the family farm.
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You've still got razzle, dazzle, a little charm. Where there's a hammer,
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there's your arm. All this talk of dignity grenades lobbed about humility,
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the looming sense of futility. But what we're really talking about is ability,